Eleftherna, Rethymnon

On the northwestern slopes of Mount Ida and just 30 km from Rethymnon, the archaeological site of Eleftherna spans 3,750 acres, there are still excavation carried out currently at 55 of them, which were purchased from the University of Crete. The findings are mainly from the Geometric period to the Early dating, although the residential area is starting from the Minoan era and has continued until today in villages. Till now the archaeologists have extracted the acropolis, a necropolis and very recently a “gold” grave with a “Rich” shroud, consisting of 3,000 sheets of gold, covered a young couple!